Epiktétos: Citáty anglicky (strana 9)

“It is impossible for a man to learn what he thinks he already knows.”

“If you wish to be a writer, write.”

“It is the nature of the wise to resist pleasures, but the foolish to be a slave to them.”

“Know, first, who you are, and then adorn yourself accordingly.”

“When you are offended at any man's fault, turn to yourself and study your own failings. Then you will forget your anger.”

“The key is to keep company only with people who uplift you, whose presence calls forth your best.”

“Difficulties are things that show a person what they are.”

“Keep silence for the most part, and speak only when you must, and then briefly.”

“He is a wise man who does not grieve for the things which he has not, but rejoices for those which he has.”

“We have two ears and one mouth so that we can listen twice as much as we speak.”

“It's not what happens to you, but how you react to it that matters.”

“Freedom is the right to live as we wish.”

“There is only one way to happiness and that is to cease worrying about things which are beyond the power of our will.”

“Nature gave us one tongue and two ears so we could hear twice as much as we speak.”